2019 Globe at Night

onFebruary 14, 2018

An important part of solving the problem of light pollution is to have a thorough understanding of its magnitude. A great way to do that is to measure the brightness of the night sky. Thankfully, it is relatively easy to make such measurements – and you can help!

Become a Citizen Scientist

Participate in the Globe at Night citizen-science campaign to help our understanding of skyglow and its impact. No special tools are required and observations can easily be reported by smartphone, tablet or computer.

In 2017, Globe at Night received15,382 data points from participants in 106 countries!

Globe at Night webapp

Globe at Night (www.globeatnight.org) has a web-based “app” or report site that is platform independent, allowing any cell phone to rate easily the brightness of the local night sky (or darkness!). Smart phones will automatically record date, time and location, so just the measurement (star chart chosen) and one of 4 images of the percentage of cloud cover are needed.

Consider contributing to a worldwide effort to spread awareness of the issues on light pollution and collect data to help monitor its status.